I know, I know, the reference is remote--but for anyone keeping track of Twain in popular culture, the new James Bond novel--Devil May Care by Sebastian Fauks--has a climatic scene set on a Mississippi riverboat called the Huckleberry Finn. The baddie gets caught in the paddle wheel and goes around and around before sinking out of sight. As it happens, the riverboat is in Paris--and the action takes place while a minstrel band plays. I now return you to more scholarly posts . . . Wesley Britton WWW.Spywise.net